9 Bible Verses about Authority Delegated To People

And he said to him: Well done, good servant; because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.

And he said to him also: And be you over five cities.

Then Pilate said to him: Do you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to crucify you, and authority to release you?

Jesus answered: You could have no authority over me, had it not been given you from above. Therefore, he that delivered me to you, has the greater sin.

For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to an other, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

For I am a man placed under authority, and have soldiers under me; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name.

And this I did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests: and when they were put to death, I gave my vote against them.

While I was engaged in these things, and was going to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,